The use of herbal and dietary supplement among community-dwelling elderly in a suburban town of Malaysia

Table 3 Factors associated with the use of HDS by logistic regression analysis (n = 336)

Variables	Univariate Crude OR (95% CI)	P	Multivariate Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P
Female sex	1.576 (0.993–2.502)	0.054	1.870 (0.930–3.761)	0.079
Lower education	1.429 (0.917–2.227)	0.114	0.759 (0.406–1.409)	0.379
Inactive employment	1.420 (0.878–2.298)	0.153	0.778 (0.385–1.575)	0.486
Low monthly income	2.096 (1.341–3.276)	0.001	1.956 (0.966–3.962)	0.062
Perceived health: good – excellent	2.675 (1.714–4.174)	< 0.001	2.666 (1.592–4.464)	< 0.001
Felt sick at least once	2.001 (1.240–3.230)	0.004	2.500 (1.426–4.383)	0.001
Physical exercise at least 20 min 3 times a week	1.823 (1.167–2.846)	0.008	1.291 (0.749–2.224)	0.357
Had smoking history	1.584 (0.941–2.669)	0.084	1.994 (0.959–4.105)	0.065
Body mass index^a	0.912 (0.866–0.959)	< 0.001	0.937 (0.887–0.990)	0.020

^a Calculated using self-reported weight and height (formula: BMI = weight (kg)/[height (m)]²

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